Liaodong Army Battalion.

Beiyan has already established a mourning hall for Deng Ai. And he also made a good coffin, which was placed in the middle of the big tent.

Deng Ai naturally will not lie in the coffin, Deng Ai at this time is under the protection of the rear camp, except for a few people such as Bei Yan, no one else can get close.

At this time, several informed generals were also in full array, waiting for the Han army to attack, the camp had already secretly arranged an ambush, two groups of crossbowmen were on standby for twelve hours around the clock, and the camp also dug traps, and at the same time, the grain and grass in the camp were also transferred to other places, and the original granaries were filled with sand.

As soon as it was dark, Bei Yan personally ran to the front of the camp and began to make his rounds. Compared to the daytime, the garrison in the camp should be doubled when it is dark, after all, it is easier to do such a thing as attacking the camp at night.

The emperor lived up to his wishes, Deng Ai's arrangements were not in vain, and on this night, the Han army really attacked the camp.

After a while, the Liaodong military camp was quiet, and a few guards in front of the door lit torches. Patrolling in all directions, and in the camp, except for the Chinese army's big tent mourning hall, which was still brightly lit, the rest of the place was dark, and there was no light.

But behind this darkness, hidden are piles of well-dressed soldiers, grinding their fists, anxiously waiting for the Han army to attack.

A few quarters of an hour later, a group of men and horses quietly came to the front of the Liaodong military camp.

This group of sergeants had leaves in their mouths, their horses' hooves wrapped in cloth, and even their weapons were carefully held, and they quietly came to the front of the Liaodong military camp.

"Kill!" The shouting of killing suddenly remembered, and then, countless torches suddenly appeared in the dark night, like fireflies, and burst towards the camp of the Liaodong Army.

"General, look, that banner is Jiang Wei!" A Liaodong soldier has been in front of the Han army, a big banner in Shandong under the firelight, and a "Jiang" character can be vaguely seen written on it.

Bei Yan's eyes stared at the word "Jiang", his face instantly froze, in the dark night, although Bei Yan didn't see it very really, but Bei Yan could be sure that this was Jiang Wei's handsome flag.

"Jiang Wei is here! Catch such a heavy rain! Bei Yan suddenly felt joy descending from heaven in his heart, and he was very excited.

Jiang Wei was injured. Therefore, whether it was Bei Yan or Deng Ai, they all thought that it was impossible for Jiang Wei to come to rob the camp in person. But I didn't expect Jiang Wei to come!

Bei Yanda had a feeling of being hit by a pie falling from the sky, originally Deng Ai planned to be able to defeat the Han army, but he didn't expect Jiang Wei to come in person, if he could take this opportunity to kill Jiang Wei, it would be a great credit.

"Hehehe, God help me, God wants to give me this kind of great merit, I have to catch it well, Jiang Wei, today I will use your life to be a stepping stone for me to make a contribution!" A sneer appeared on Beiyan's face.

The Han army was killed in front of the barracks, and they were about to rush into the Liaodong barracks. But at this moment, the Han army suddenly stopped. Immediately afterwards, the Han army turned their horses' heads and retreated.

"What's going on, how did they retreat? Could it be that there is a flaw! Bei Yan felt a little bad in his heart.

"It must be that Jiang Wei showed a flaw when he was in battle, no, Jiang Wei must not be allowed to escape!" Thinking of this, Bei Yan immediately got up. shouted: "Brothers, follow me and capture Jiang Wei!" ”

……

In the inner account, although Deng Ai could not play because of injury, he was still paying attention to the battle ahead.

When the shouting sounded, Deng Ai's heart hung up, but later, the shouting gradually became quieter, and then slowly disappeared, which made Deng Ai feel very surprised.

"It's over so soon?" Deng Ai looked out of the tent: "It shouldn't be so fast!" It's only been a stick or two of incense, and it's over? Something is wrong. Come on, let's go and see what's going on in front of you? ”

After a while, the little colonel ran back and said, "General Huiyu, Jiang Wei personally led people to attack the camp, but when he was in front of the camp, he returned to the army and fled, and General Beiyan has already led the army to chase after him. ”

"Jiang Wei is here in person?" Deng Ai's face was happy at first, and then turned to doubt.

"Isn't Jiang Wei injured? How could he personally bring troops? Beiyan also chased after him! Not good! Deng Ai suddenly exclaimed, and then immediately said: "It's not good, my strategy was seen through by Jiang Wei, this must be Jiang Wei's plan to lure the enemy, hurry, go and inform Bei Yan, and return to the army immediately!" ”

……

The big flag with the word "Jiang" in the distance was faintly shaking, and Bei Yan also felt that he was getting closer and closer to the big flag.

"Let's work hard, and we're about to catch up!" Beiyan shouted, constantly boosting the morale of the soldiers.

"General Beiyan, General Beiyan, General Beiyan stays!" A fast horse rushed up from behind. When Bei Yan approached, Bei Yan looked back and saw that it was Deng Ai's own soldiers.

"What's the matter? But General Deng's injuries have recurred? Beiyan asked immediately.

"The general's injuries are harmless, I am here to pass on the general's military orders. General Deng Ai has an order, there must be Jiang Wei in ambush ahead, let the general return to the army immediately! ”

"When I go back, I'm almost catching up...... You say there's an ambush ahead? ”

"General Deng Ai said that Jiang Wei has seen through our strategy."

Bei Yan hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed helplessly: "Order, withdraw the army!" ”

……

There was no ambush to Beiyan, Jiang Wei was also very depressed, and Jiang Wei also realized it at the first time, and his plan was seen through by Deng Ai.

The coaches of both sides couldn't play because of injuries, so in the following days, the two groups of people began to fight each other again, but Jiang Wei and Deng Ai had similar skills, and neither side took advantage of anyone.

In this way, it was a stalemate for more than a month, and it was not until Guan Xing and Zhang Bao led the reinforcements to Youzhou that the situation changed.

Jiang Wei and Deng Ai's injuries were not yet healed, and they still couldn't go to the battlefield, but there were suddenly two fierce generals Guan Zhang in the Han army camp, and the situation was suddenly reversed. In just a few days, Liaodong was killed by Guan Zhang's second general, more than a dozen generals.

The Liaodong Army has lost several generals in the past few days, and its morale has been greatly lost, and Deng Ai's recovery from his injuries is still far away, Deng Ai felt that he could not take advantage of it, and it was just a waste of food and grass to continue, so Deng Ai had to order to temporarily withdraw from the army and make plans for the next year.

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's another year.

Tax revenues have been declining year after year as productivity has been destroyed. The entire Wei State has emerged in decline.

After the government opened salt roads and allowed the people to boil and sell salt privately, a large number of people flocked to the coast and began to engage in the business of boiling and selling salt.

There was no shortage of people selling illicit salt in all dynasties, and the reason for this was that the price of official salt was too high. In the same way, the salt industry was monopolized by the government in all dynasties, and the government would vigorously crack down on private salt while collecting high salt taxes. Once the smuggler is caught, he will be exiled to the frontier at the least, or lose his head at the worst.

The smuggler salt dealers live with their heads on weekdays, so they are all brave and ruthless, they are all outlaws, and the ordinary people are the opponents of these murderers, so in just one or two years, the entire Bohai salt industry has been divided into more than a dozen groups by the smuggler salt dealers, and more than a dozen salt gangs have been set up to sell salt full-time, and the salt people in the coastal areas must all follow the instructions of these salt gangs.

In addition, in the six regions of the country, due to the decline in harvests year after year, those homeless people had to choose to occupy the mountains as kings and the grass as the kings. Although the number of these robbers is small, they are buried in the mountains and forests, and it is also a very headache for county officials. Jizhou seems to have returned to the period when the Yellow Turban Rebellion had just ended, and the bandits were everywhere and the thieves were on the run.

Although Yecheng is still a scene of singing and dancing on the surface, it is difficult to hide the darkness below this singing and dancing. Slums had already formed in some parts of the city far from the avenues, and there were many more beggars in the city.

Some people who have lived in Yecheng for a long time have already felt that the Wei State Mansion is about to collapse, and now it is just a dying struggle, and those children of the family have also begun to think about finding a new backer to ensure the survival of the family.

It's just that in today's Jizhou, the final ownership is still unknown. Both the Han and Eastern Wu had already established military camps in Hebei. There is a momentum of swallowing Hebei, but Cao Shuang still has an army of 400,000 in his hands, which is a real 400,000, almost catching up with the sum of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty and Eastern Wu.

Of course, although Cao Shuang has soldiers, no one is optimistic about Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang is still too young, and he does not have the talent of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, plus Cao Shuang's opponent is the most first-class commander in the Three Kingdoms era, Cao Shuang has empty troops, but he can't win.

And the facts have also proved this, after the Han and Dongwu established the Hebei camp, they began to strengthen the camp and put on a posture of sticking, Cao Shuang also attacked several times, but did not get any benefits. In addition, today's Jizhou is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and Cao Shuang will face the containment of the other three sides when he attacks any side, and Cao Shuang has no merit in restraining his hands and feet.

Before Jizhou was a lot of grain and grass, and the money and grain of Wei's tax revenue for many years were also stored in Jizhou, which made Wei still have the capital to compete with the other two countries, but under Xu Shu's new strategic thinking of the enemy, Jizhou's productivity was destroyed, the population loss was serious, and the consumption of 400,000 troops made Wei's treasury finally overwhelmed.

The month from mid-July to early August is a good time for the autumn harvest, and by the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the grain will definitely be harvested. Under normal circumstances, tax officials will go to various places to collect grain after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

However, this year, the tax officials came earlier, and many people have not yet completed the autumn harvest, and the tax officials came, and when the people were even more depressed, this year's tax was increased by 10%.

A storm seems to be coming.